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About Payakhedi Village

Payakhedi is a mid sized village in Sitamau tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,408, made up of 717 males and 691 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481.91 hectares hectares.

Payakhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payakhedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Sitamau
Area (hectares) 481.91 hectares
Population 1,408
Male Population 717
Female Population 691
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 964
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Payakhedi compares

By the 2011 count Payakhedi is the 38th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents. Its 481.91 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Payakhedi

Payakhedi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Payakhedi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Payakhedi from other places

Payakhedi lies about 32 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Shamgarh, about 30 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Payakhedi
Tehsil headquarters Sitamau 21 km
Nearest town Shāmgarh 30 km
Nearest railway station Shamgarh 30 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 32 km

Villages closest to Payakhedi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sitamau tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Payakhedi

As per the Census of India 2011, Payakhedi village had a population of 1,408. That makes it the 38th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents.

Payakhedi village has 717 males and 691 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payakhedi has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Payakhedi covers 481.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Payakhedi falls under Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Payakhedi is Shamgarh, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Payakhedi.

Payakhedi is about 32 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Payakhedi is in Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district. Sitamau is about 21 km away. Shāmgarh is about 30 km away. Shamgarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhilyakhedi (1.8 km), Balahedi (2.2 km) and Ranayra (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Payakhedi today is likely to be higher.

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